The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 10, 2026

A bulbous glazed stoneware jar features a short, flared neck and an unglazed tan foot. Glossy black glaze coats the lower half, while mottled, iridescent shades of gray and blue splash across the upper portion. A thin, pale drip streaks diagonally toward the right. The vessel rounds widely at the shoulder before tapering down to the base. Fine textures and dark tones bleed together across the surface.

Jar: Black Ware

700s

China, Henan province, Huangdao kilns, Tang dynasty

(618-907)
glazed stoneware
Diameter: 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); Overall: 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.)
Gift of Ralph King 1915.381
Location: Not on view
  • Kleinhenz, Henry J. “Porcelains for Imperial Use: The Sung Dynasty.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 4 (April 1978): 135–150. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 142-143, fig. 9 www.jstor.org
    Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 90, no. 95
  • Gallery One 2012. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 12, 2012-March 5, 2017).
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